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Dreams

bear57
bear57
OK I have a question not sure if it has been on here or not. I have been withdrawing from Predinisone and about two months ago started Cellcept 2000mg. Now the big question and maybe a side effect that only I have I am so excited to tell you I have been having Dreams like crazy the last two weeks since stopping Prednisone totally. And I am talking every night several times a night like I am really there in the dream it is real life. I sleep like a BIG Fat bald headed Baby. I have had dreams before but nothing like this. I am being serious just would like to know if anyone has experienced this or is it just me and no it isn't a bad thing just strange. Who knows I might start sleep walking or something else stupid so I feel this is a legitamate question. I did ask my Doctor today she actually told me it was possible so I am asking Ya'll! that is Kentucky talk for you all.


Thanks

Bear
annkemp
annkemp
Never had dreams that I tied to drugs....but nothing surprises me with prednisone drops. The drug is absalutely crazy.
but I do dream...sometimes more than other. Emotionally this time is crazy....you may want to evaluate them with dream analysing websites. I find them truthful and interesting. Our lives are definately changing.
Ann
bear57
bear57
I don't think I will evaluate them if I did I would be seriously crazy. They are interesting though and NO they aren't dirty just very life like. One was really good though my brother and my Dad were there they are both passed away it was good to see them even in a dream. Well Ann you said a good thing there though our lives are changing for sure and we will learn alot from this some good some bad.
annkemp
annkemp
I have always had an interest in dreams. It would defiantely be interesting......what your dad and brother had to say.
Obviously not wanting you to share.....but our dreams do speak to us. I had a friend who dreamt she was in a big dust pile and her only way out was a big silver pole. The next day she was in a big dust pile after being thrown off a horse. She could see a silver post..She headed for it and it saved her life. She was seriously hurt but lived.
Needless to say...her dream was a message and warning from God.
Ann
deleted_user
deleted_user
One website that gives details about prednisone

http://www.drugs.com/cons/deltasone.html

With all the side effects and problems for long term use, no person in their right mind would likely take prednisone. However, one of the side effects is that you probably won't be in your right mind, so that helps ;-)

I didn't see much about withdrawal other than aches, fatigue, and weakness. If the dreams are good--then lay back and enjoy! Dad had parkinsons disease and took large amounts of sinemet that had as a side effect hallucinations. In his case, he was fine awake, but had vivid dreams where he said he could feel, taste, hear, and re-experience things that had happened in his childhood. He took it as a compensation for being unable to do much of anything else during his last year (died at 89 in 2004). The dreams made the end of his life much better.
Jules3391
Jules3391
I have never taken Prednisone but when I was on Mestinon Timespan I had the weirdest dreams. If I woke up quickly whilst dreaming, I would continue the dream without realizing that I was in my own bedroom/house. I cannot tell that the dream is not real life. Not sleep walking but eyes open and walking around house still dreaming until reality slowly dawns on me. Not sure if this is what you mean but it scared the living daylights out of me.

I do dream every night and sometimes there is no rhyme or reason and other times I can see the connection.
deleted_user
deleted_user
I never would have linked my recent lack of dreaming with my increased dose of prednisone until you posted this. My friend always wants to hear and analyze dreams, but I reported to him recently that I had simply stopped dreaming. Curious.
Steve0716
Steve0716
Hey, [from a former Kentucky resident]
I have never been on prednisone, but I have been on cellcept for a couple of years and my dreams have become a lot more vivid than before that. I have always been a dreamer but since the cellcept, it has become even more so. Not necessarily a bad thing, but they do seem very real at times. After two years, the dreams are still as frequent and vivid as ever.